Secretary of State Marcio Rubio hit out at Zelensky on Friday night as he appeared on CNN.

Speaking with Kaitlan Collins, Rubio said: ‘It’s unfortunate, it wasn’t supposed to be this way but that’s the path [Zelensky] he chose.

‘Frankly he sends his country backwards as far as achieving peace.’

He added that Zelensky should apologize for what he described as ‘antagonizing’ behavior from the Ukrainian President.

‘I think he should apologize for wasting our time for a meeting that ended the way it did.’

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Zelensky went off the rails after about 40 minutes when the Ukrainian president said he had signed deals with Putin, but the Russian leader could not be trusted.

He was pushing back after Trump and Vance insisted that he must compromise with Putin after three years of resisting the Russian invasion.

The result was an extraordinary row as carefully laid diplomacy came undone. Trump raised his voice and VP Vance chimed in to question why Zelensky had not once said thank you in the Oval Office.

Trump shouted that Zelensky was gambling with millions of lives.

You’re gambling with World War Three. You’re gambling with World War Three, and what you’re doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country that’s backed you far more than a lot of people say they should.

Vance chimed in by demanding that the Ukrainian president show some appreciation for Washington’s support. And he pointed out how Zelensky had toured a weapons facility in Pennsylvania, much to the anger of Republicans just before the election last year.

Have you said thank you, once, in this entire meeting? You went to Pennsylvania and campaigned for the opposition in October. Offer some words of appreciation for the United States of America and the president who’s trying to save your country.

Trump doubles down on ceasefire call and claims Zelensky wants to ‘come back right now’ to the White House

Donald Trump kept up his attacks on his Ukrainian counterpart as he departed the White House for a weekend in Florida. Talking to reporters before he boarded Marine One, Trump said the he wanted an immediate ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and claimed that Ukrainian Presidents Zelensky wanted to come back ‘right now.’

He’s got to say, “I want to make peace.” That was not a man that wanted to make peace.

He left Volodomyr Zelensky to stew on their disastrous meeting, which was cut short before lunch and an afternoon press conference.

He’s looking for something I’m not looking for. He’s looking to go on and fight, fight, fight. We’re looking to end the death. 2000 people died this week.

Zelenksy canceled a public appearance at a Washington, D.C. think tank as he plans his next move. He spoke by phone with allies in Canada, France, and the UK as well as posting messages of thanks on X.

Trump claimed that Zelenksy was already regreting the way the meeting went and wanted a fresh meeting.

He wants to come back right now. But I can’t do that.